Thank you, Chair.
I want to narrow the focus here and get the best advice we can from three very able people.
There's a $2.3-trillion proposal by the President—roughly the size of Canada's entire economy—and it's quite clear that if you look through the various elements in the bill, many of them have nothing to do with buy American or with any difficulties that we might have in the trade relationship. It's also clear that we haven't had a heck of a lot of really good access to the American economy. Even at the best of times, it's something in the order of about $600 million, according to an answer we received from the trade folks.
The real question here is what to focus on. What is your best advice to the Government of Canada in terms of what it should focus on, assuming this bill goes through? It won't go through at $2.3 trillion, but it will go through certainly north of $1.5 trillion. The question, really, that I have is, what is the area of focus, the areas that are most problematic, and the areas where the Government of Canada's arguments are strongest? What are the elements—and I'm not sure who said it—that are legally questionable?
I'd like to start with Mr. Hughes and then go to the two other witnesses for answers to those questions, if I may.